The Eternal World

Six hours passed by, minute by minute.

Everyone was waiting, wanting to know the final result.

Zhang Chao's forehead was covered in perspiration, but he was even more focused now, and the writing speed of his hands was increasing even further, causing the caretaker man and Old Man surnamed Zuo beside him to be unable to see his hands clearly!

"Time's up!" The sand on the hourglass just barely flowed out, the black-faced middle-aged man could not bear to open his mouth.

"Hu!" Zhang Chao took a deep breath.

He still didn't have enough time, and his hands were already cramped from writing.

However, there was still a small half that wasn't completed.

However, even though he had tried his best, this was all he could do!

"May the deacons have a look!" black-faced middle-aged man picked up the picture book, raised his hand and threw it. Immediately, a spirit fighter appeared from the window above and grabbed the picture book, taking it back.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the first aged voice actually announced with a trembling voice: "Zhang Chao, you have passed the first stage. Seventy-three thousand two hundred fifty-nine different materials! "

"What?" There are actually so many of them! " Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.

Not to mention the accuracy of these 73,259 different materials, just being able to identify so many of them was enough to make one's jaw drop.

Could it be that when Zhang Chao identified the materials, he didn't even need to think about it?

But the truth was like this, Zhang Chao did not need to think about it!

He had memorized the《 Record of Treasures of Heaven and Earth》 long ago, and had mastered it. Just like his own name, he didn't need to think too much about it and immediately opened his mouth to ask for it!

"Hmph, there are so many. Let's not talk about anything else first. His hand speed is really fast!" The Old Man surnamed Zuo curled his lips. Although he was unwilling to accept it, in his heart, he was already prostrating himself.

"Next up, the correct number for Zhang Chao's test is... Seventy-three thousand two hundred and fifty-seven! " The old voice paused for a long time before speaking with disbelief.

"What?" These words were like a clap of thunder, causing several people to be dumbstruck. Their minds were buzzing as they echoed in the air.

This number was too frightening. It was simply unprecedented!

At the same time, in the windows above, the group of Guoyin Association deacons were also shocked speechless.

"How can this be? This … This is too outrageous! "

"That's right, I've never heard of anyone answering more than 50,000 questions during the examination!"

"As for him, he has already reached 70,000, and there are only two flaws in the description of the ingredients!"

"In my opinion, if he is given enough time, he could even get all of the answers right, and the error rate would be completely minuscule!"

"Genius! Absolute genius! No wonder the ancestor's sculpture could be seen! Such a peerless refining genius!"

Don't draw such an early conclusion yet. Just the identification of these materials is not enough to prove that his ability in other areas is still the same. Perhaps it's because his memory is amazing.

"That's right, we should take a look at his refining ability before making other decisions!"

The group of deacons all discussed for a moment, steadied their minds, and then let the old man speak again: "Zhang Chao, your results in the first stage were outstanding, the second stage is canceled, and you can directly enter the refining stage of the third stage!"

"Zhang Chao, pick another one!" black-faced middle-aged man also took a few deep breaths to suppress the shock in his heart. Then, he took out a pile of bamboo sticks.

"Alright!" Zhang Chao was wondering just now, how could he be wrong about two?

But as he thought about it, he immediately knew what the two materials that he thought to be wrong were.

It was also Purple Star Powder, a very rare purple meteorite. After being refined at a very high temperature, it had been ground into powder, and in the current refining process, it was mostly used to mix into magical equipment to increase the flexibility of magical equipment, and in the《 Record of Treasures of Heaven and Earth》 it was recorded that it had other uses, it could turn this powder into liquid, and pour into the veins of magical equipment to enhance the power and quality of magical equipment.

But this method, because it was too difficult and it seemed like no one would use it anymore, Zhang Chao had no time to think about it during the assessment just now, so he casually wrote it down.

The other type was similar to this purple star powder.

Wrong. That was the mistake.

He raised his hand and pulled out another bamboo stick, giving it to black-faced middle-aged man.

After the latter looked at it, his expression became even more serious.

"How is it? What do you want me to refine? " Zhang Chao rubbed his fists together.

"This..." black-faced middle-aged man didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I don't know if your luck is too good, or if your luck is too bad, you can see for yourself!"

With that, he threw the bamboo lot at Zhang Chao.

"Medium-grade earth-rank magic treasure, separation of fire and gold!"

"What magic treasure is this?" "Is it really that difficult to refine?" Zhang Chao shook his head in puzzlement. Although he had reached a proficient level in refining, and knew almost everything about the materials, he did not know much about the types of treasures.

After all, magical equipment were all over the place. There were many types of treasures, so who would be free to count and record them every day?

"What is it? Was it a separation of fire and gold? Isn't this supposed to be part of the examination for the four cauldrons of Forge Master? "

"If I were to place this artifact in the three cauldrons for the examination, it would be too difficult!"

"Yeah, although this treasure is only at the Earth Middle Rank, it is extremely complicated and has high requirements for a blacksmith's cultivation. From what I see, Zhang Chao's cultivation is not at the Energy Accumulation Realm yet, so he will definitely not be able to control it!"

"But no matter what, since he has drawn this lot, we can't make any changes. Everything is fated to be fated, and he can only resign himself to fate. Whether or not he can refine it is entirely up to his good fortune!"

The deacons in the window started to discuss once again.

"Zhang Chao, this treasure is very difficult to create, even four cauldrons of Forge Master would be unstable, are you sure you want to challenge it? If I just give up like this, I can save myself some trouble! " The black-faced middle-aged man sighed and asked: "Based on the results of the first test you just passed, you can go and apply to the deacons to participate in the second furnace Forge Master's Refining Examination again!"

"This way, you don't have to come here for nothing. Otherwise, according to the rules, Forge Master who have failed the examination are not allowed to try again within three years!"

"Is that so?" Zhang Chao scratched his head, and said indifferently: "Thank you senior for your guidance, but I am a stubborn and lazy person, and am more willing to try. So I plan to give it a try!"

"Have you decided?" black-faced middle-aged man frowned.

"Un, I've thought it through!" Zhang Chao nodded with certainty.

"Alright, then let's prepare to start the refining test!" black-faced middle-aged man had no other choice, he could only give the order, and a few servants ran in, and began to prepare various ingredients for Zhang Chao to use in refining.

Then, another person passed a piece of equipment refining blueprint into Zhang Chao's hands.

Just by looking at the blueprint, Zhang Chao immediately understood why the black-faced middle-aged man said that.

The process of refining a separation of fire and gold was indeed extremely complex and difficult.

The power of this treasure was extraordinary.

When used in battle, it could be divided into metal or stone, impervious to water and fire, and possessed inexhaustible power.

But refining it required a certain degree of control over the temperature, and using ordinary elemental energy was not enough to sustain the refining process. One had to have an endless stream of elemental energy to be released to complete the refining of the core.

This involved cultivation.

His Natal Opening Realm had grasped an initial stage of Origin Energy. When it was used, it would be generated from within his body and released in one breath through his eight extraordinary meridians.

And once they reached the Energy Accumulation Realm, their spirit energy would have roots.

The so-called root was in the dantian.

Cultivators with Energy Accumulation Realm could open up their own dantian and accumulate their Origin Energy. When they needed to use it, they could let it flow with thin streams of water and release it at the same time.

This was also the key reason why the early stage of Energy Accumulation Realm was much more tyrannical than the peak of the Natal Opening Realm.

Therefore, that black-faced middle-aged man wanted to advise Zhang Chao to give up.

Zhang Chao ground his teeth.

To him, refining this magic treasure was indeed a bit difficult, but it wasn't to the point of having to give it up.

He pondered for a moment, then familiarized himself with the materials, and stared at the crafting furnace in a daze.

"What is it? Zhang Chao, if you feel that it's no good, you can give up now! " Seeing Zhang Chao not moving at all, black-faced middle-aged man thought that he was tangled up in thought and reminded him once again.

"No, I'm ready to make my move!" Zhang Chao rolled up his sleeves, and then asked black-faced middle-aged man: "Senior, can I request another two crafting furnace s?"

"Uh, why do you need so many of these things?" black-faced middle-aged man was startled, then immediately nodded: "Of course you can, there are no rules in this area … …"

Following that, another two identical crafting furnace were brought in front of Zhang Chao.

The quality of these furnaces were all on par with Zhang Chao's Four Sheep Burning Furnace, and could be used by Zhang Chao as he wished.

"What does he want with the three crafting furnace?" Seeing this, everyone became suspicious once again.

An ordinary Forge Master could only use one crafting furnace at a time. After all, one could not split one's heart into two, and would become flustered if there was more to go.

"Begin!" As Zhang Chao said that, with a thought, all of the materials on the ground flew up by themselves and fell into the three stoves according to their type and character.

Afterwards, Zhang Chao didn't even need to prepare the furnace. He raised his hand and ignited the flames inside the furnace, then took out a handful of crystal stones and crushed them before sprinkling the powder into the second furnace.

As for the third furnace, he once again used the cold refining method.

Not to mention anything else, just the move of the telepathic thoughts alone was enough to shock everyone. In addition, there were three furnaces opened at the same time, all of which were refined together. This kind of method left everyone speechless.

Normal refining with fire, cold refining with cold, in addition to the method Zhang Chao decided on on on a whim, the other method he wanted to use was a long extinct refining method — — Crystal Refining!

Such three refining methods being used at the same time had already caused everyone to be dumbstruck, to the point of not daring to breathe at all. They all stared fixedly at the three crafting furnace s.

Especially the deacons of the Guoyin Association s above, they all thought that they really picked up a treasure this time …